Intervention Kits
Amount Requested: $800.00 Number of Students Reached: 25
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This grant would help me provide engaging, hands-on, standards-aligned materials for targeted, small group interventions that support struggling learners and provide enrichment for high achievers.
Why is this project needed for your school?
Our school has a strong need for structured small-group intervention materials in both reading and math. Many students are currently struggling to access grade-level texts and core mathematical concepts. While instruction is differentiated, the classroom lacks hands-on, engaging resources designed specifically for targeted small-group support. At this time, small-group instruction relies heavily on teacher-created materials and borrowed resources, which limits consistency and effectiveness.
What is the projected long-term effect of this project?
Students will demonstrate greater mastery of grade-level reading and math concepts, increasing their confidence and engagement in learning. Over time, these gains will contribute to higher assessment scores, reduced achievement gaps, and stronger foundational skills that support success in later grades. These materials will be able to be used repeatedly, impacting hundreds of students.
Objective: Improve student proficiency in 4th-grade reading and math skills through targeted small-group instruction.
Measurement: Pre- and post-intervention assessments, classroom observations, and progress monitoring using curriculum-aligned benchmark assessments.
Objective: Increase student engagement and participation in small-group learning activities.
Measurement: Teacher-recorded participation data, student surveys, and anecdotal observations of engagement during small-group rotations.
Objective: Close achievement gaps for struggling readers and mathematicians.
Measurement: Analysis of student growth data over the course of the year compared to baseline assessments and district benchmarks.
Timeline of project implementation/completioN:
Upon grant award, materials will be ordered, received, and organized for classroom use within the first month. Over the course of the remaining school year (and future years), students will participate in structured smallgroup reading and math interventions 5 times per week, with ongoing progress monitoring and formative assessments.
Project Budget:
Math- Fraction Games Set (comparing, equivalent, operations) $85, Multiplication & Division Fact Games $75, Place Value Games & Cards $50, Measurement & Geometry Task Cards $40, Decimal & Fraction Model Manipulatives $45, Dry-Erase Number Lines & Grids $30, “I Have, Who Has?” Math Card Sets (multiple skills) $40, Wipebook Erasable Anchor Charts (2) $120, ELA- Leveled Reading Comprehension Games (multiple sets) $90, Phonics & Word Study Games (vowel teams, prefixes/suffixes, roots) $65, Greek & Latin Root Card Sets (2 sets) $40, Fluency Practice Games (timed reading, partner games) $35, Reading Strategy Task Cards (main idea, inference, text evidence) $40, Dry-Erase Pocket Sleeves (30 pack) $25, Reading Response Dice & Discussion Cards $20, Storage materials $90.
Little Listeners Literacy Lounge
Amount Requested: $950.00 Number of Students Reached: 40+
This teacher's application was very well-written, detailed, and showed the impact it would have on their students.
For this project, I want to dedicate a space for my students to interact with stories and books independently. The Tonie's box will allow students the opportunity to have a book read to them through headphones. They will get to follow along and turn the pages themselves. I'd love to give them a puppet and book buddies to read along with while they sit on the couch, as well as a felt story board for the students to retell the story in their own words on an interactive story board. This would help them with their comprehension, listening and speaking skills while collaborating with their peers.
Right now, my students do not have their own student library in my classroom. Since they cannot read on their own at this age, I think the Tonie's box is an important aspect. This would help them with the skill of listening. They can have an up-close opportunity with books to help foster a love of reading. By making this area a welcoming, cozy, fun and a multisensory area of my classroom, a lot of students will be drawn to it. I want to embrace their autonomy and independence by making this an independent center. It's crucial to implement a variety of reading materials to students this age if we want to make a lasting literacy impression on them. This center supports listening comprehension, builds oral language and vocabulary, encourages dramatic play and social interaction, provides calm, regulated learning, increases equitable access to stories for all learners
The long-term effect of this project is increased early literacy skills, oral language development, and engagement with books and stories among preschool students, fostering a love of reading and improving readiness for future academic success. For the school and district, this project supports developmentally appropriate, play-based literacy practices and promotes consistent, high-quality early learning experiences across classrooms. Project objectives include enhancing students’ listening comprehension, expanding vocabulary and expressive language, encouraging story retelling and imaginative play, and strengthening social interactions during collaborative literacy activities. These objectives will be measured through teacher observations, anecdotal notes, work samples, story retelling assessments, and tracking student engagement and participation in the interactive literacy center over time.
Timeline of project implementation/completion:
Items will be ordered and implemented immediately. To not overwhelm the students and ensure that materials are well taken care of, we will first start with the Tonie's box, seating, and book shelf. Students will be shown how to care for the items by modeling. More materials will be added throughout the school year as skills are taught. For example, when we discuss sequencing, the felt story board will be introduced and modeled. By the end of school year, all materials will be available for student's to experience and utilize independently.
Project BudgeT:
Children's Factory Adapta-Bench $96.99, UTEX 5-tier kids sling bookshelf with storage bins $89.99, Toniebox2 Audio Player $139.99, Toniebox Carrying Case $18.99, 2 Toniebox Headphones $24.99/each, Headphone splitter $9.99, Curious George Tonie figurine $19.94, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tonie figurine $19.79, Wizard Creative Tonie $9.99, Santa Creative Tonie $9.99, Pete the Cat Tonie figurine $19.99, The Cat in the Hat Tonie figurine $19.94, Dragons Love Tacos Tonie figurine $19.79, Yeti Creative Tonie figurine $9.99, Laurie Berkner Tonie figurine $19.94, Felt storyboard $39.99, Fairytale story board pieces $24.99, Mo Willems Elephant and Piggie plush $26.99, Llama Llama Red Pajama plush $21.99, Pete the Cat plush $24.99, Pete the Cat felt story pieces $24.95, 5 Little Pumpkins felt story pieces $17.95, Brown Bear, Brown Bear felt story pieces $24.95, Llama Llama Red Pajama felt story pieces $16.99, Kids 6pc animal puppets $39.99, 8pc multicultural puppets $39.75, Dragon puppet $24.99, 14" superhero girl puppet $29.95.
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